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Medicare Post-Acute Care: Cost Growth and Proposals to Manage It Through Prospective Payment and Other Controls

T-HEHS-97-106 Published: Apr 09, 1997. Publicly Released: Apr 09, 1997.
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GAO discussed Medicare's skilled nursing facility (SNF), home health care, and inpatient rehabilitation benefits and the administration's forthcoming legislative proposals related to them.

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Eligibility criteriaEligibility determinationsHealth care programsHealth insurance cost controlHealth resources utilizationHome health care servicesHospital care servicesMedical services ratesMedicareSkilled nursing facilitiesDiagnosis related groups